NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE) Competitors $52.25 +1.45 (+2.85%) (As of 12/17/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsSustainabilityTrends NWE vs. WTRG, SBS, DTM, KEP, KNTK, BEP, ENLC, ELPC, CWEN, and BEPCShould you be buying NorthWestern Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NorthWestern Energy Group include Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), DT Midstream (DTM), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Kinetik (KNTK), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. NorthWestern Energy Group vs. Essential Utilities Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP DT Midstream Korea Electric Power Kinetik Brookfield Renewable Partners EnLink Midstream Companhia Paranaense de Energia Clearway Energy Brookfield Renewable Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) and NorthWestern Energy Group (NYSE:NWE) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking. Do analysts prefer WTRG or NWE? Essential Utilities currently has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.82%. NorthWestern Energy Group has a consensus price target of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.09%. Given Essential Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Essential Utilities is more favorable than NorthWestern Energy Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Essential Utilities 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.80NorthWestern Energy Group 1 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.14 Which has more risk & volatility, WTRG or NWE? Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NorthWestern Energy Group has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better earnings and valuation, WTRG or NWE? Essential Utilities has higher revenue and earnings than NorthWestern Energy Group. NorthWestern Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEssential Utilities$1.96B5.32$498.23M$2.0019.00NorthWestern Energy Group$1.50B2.14$194.13M$3.7114.08 Is WTRG or NWE a better dividend stock? Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. NorthWestern Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Essential Utilities pays out 65.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NorthWestern Energy Group pays out 70.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Essential Utilities has raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years and NorthWestern Energy Group has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WTRG or NWE? Essential Utilities received 22 more outperform votes than NorthWestern Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 35.80% of users gave Essential Utilities an outperform vote while only 25.93% of users gave NorthWestern Energy Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformEssential UtilitiesOutperform Votes2935.80% Underperform Votes5264.20% NorthWestern Energy GroupOutperform Votes725.93% Underperform Votes2074.07% Is WTRG or NWE more profitable? Essential Utilities has a net margin of 27.84% compared to NorthWestern Energy Group's net margin of 15.15%. NorthWestern Energy Group's return on equity of 7.95% beat Essential Utilities' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Essential Utilities27.84% 7.89% 2.79% NorthWestern Energy Group 15.15%7.95%2.89% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WTRG or NWE? 74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of NorthWestern Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of NorthWestern Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the media refer more to WTRG or NWE? In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 1 more articles in the media than NorthWestern Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Essential Utilities and 7 mentions for NorthWestern Energy Group. NorthWestern Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Essential Utilities' score of 1.10 indicating that NorthWestern Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Essential Utilities 4 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive NorthWestern Energy Group 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryEssential Utilities beats NorthWestern Energy Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Porter & CompanyHow to piss off your liberal friends… and profit from itElon Musk has just exposed the “energy grift” of America in a recent tweet to his platform, X. And people are slowly starting to wake up to the Deep State’s lies.To get the full details on the fake “energy crisis” of America, watch this now Get NorthWestern Energy Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NWE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NWE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNorthWestern Energy GroupElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$3.20B$19.93B$13.47B$19.67BDividend Yield5.04%3.40%4.05%3.51%P/E Ratio14.0819.8099.6743.79Price / Sales2.142.1631.0017.64Price / Cash7.998.4518.2821.73Price / Book1.211.772.275.46Net Income$194.13M$896.09M$626.37M$987.68M7 Day Performance-0.02%-2.43%-1.03%-2.32%1 Month Performance-6.01%-3.18%-1.44%0.63%1 Year Performance3.30%3.05%5.92%16.39% NorthWestern Energy Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NWENorthWestern Energy Group3.1829 of 5 stars$52.25+2.9%$57.00+9.1%+2.8%$3.20B$1.50B14.081,573News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeWTRGEssential Utilities4.6353 of 5 stars$38.95+0.7%$44.00+13.0%+5.3%$10.70B$2.05B19.353,258Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsSBSCompanhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP1.7502 of 5 stars$14.67-0.5%N/A+2.9%$10.03B$5.12B5.7511,170Positive NewsDTMDT Midstream4.068 of 5 stars$100.08+0.2%$84.78-15.3%+86.1%$9.72B$976M24.48360Short Interest ↓Positive NewsKEPKorea Electric Power1.2062 of 5 stars$7.53+1.5%N/A+2.9%$9.67B$91.66T3.4448,696KNTKKinetik1.6586 of 5 stars$56.32-0.9%$49.00-13.0%+71.5%$8.87B$1.45B20.73200Analyst ForecastNews CoverageBEPBrookfield Renewable Partners4.0785 of 5 stars$23.89+0.4%$31.89+33.5%-12.3%$6.81B$5.77B-29.014,770Analyst UpgradeENLCEnLink Midstream2.9459 of 5 stars$14.48-1.1%$15.40+6.4%+17.8%$6.62B$6.65B69.711,072ELPCCompanhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/A$5.36flatN/AN/A$5.74B$22.20B0.005,730CWENClearway Energy3.4259 of 5 stars$26.67-2.2%$33.13+24.2%-2.0%$5.39B$1.31B26.2360Short Interest ↑BEPCBrookfield Renewable3.9178 of 5 stars$29.73-0.1%$34.00+14.4%+1.8%$5.34B$4.22B-36.281,890 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies WTRG Competitors SBS Competitors DTM Competitors KEP Competitors KNTK Competitors BEP Competitors ENLC Competitors ELPC Competitors CWEN Competitors BEPC Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:NWE) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersUncover the Top Gold Stock of the Bull MarketGold Stocks Are Surging—Is West Red Lake Gold Mines Your Next Profit Play?Huge Alerts | Sponsored2025’s #1 Trump TradeAll the Energy You Need to Power Your Entire Life... 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